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Event photos: Lane Anderson Award

The second annual Lane Anderson Award was handed out in Toronto Wednesday night. The prize honours two jury-selected Canadian books “ one for adults and one for young readers “ published in the field of ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

City of Vancouver Book Award reveals shortlist

By Natalie Samson

The City of Vancouver's Cultural Services department released the shortlist for the 2011 City of Vancouver Book Award today. The award recognizes the year's books that best "demonstrate excellence and enhance readers' understanding of Vancouver's ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

TPL union names winners of lunch with Atwood contest

By Natalie Samson

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union has announced the winners of its "Why My Library Matters to Me" personal essay contest. Each of the 44 winners will have lunch and tour a local literary landmark ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Project Bookmark celebrates four new Ontario literary landmarks

By Sue Carter

Project Bookmark Canada, a charitable organization that erects ceramic plaques bearing text from stories or poems set in specific locations in Ontario, is unveiling four new Bookmarks this fall. The Bookmark plaque for Song for ... Read More »

September 14, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Diversity in YA fiction discussion lights up the Internet

By Sue Carter

A post on Publishers Weekly about an anonymous agent who suggested to YA novelists Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith that they should either make a gay character straight or delete him from the novel ... Read More »

September 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Wattpad pulls in $3.5 million in new investment

By Steven W. Beattie

Wattpad, the Toronto-based Internet company that allows readers and writers to connect and share their work online, has completed a new round of funding, including an investment from Union Square Ventures, the New York company ... Read More »

September 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Amazon looks to Netflix-like e-book rental program

By Natalie Samson

Amazon has approached publishers about launching an e-book rental program, The Wall Street Journal reports. The service would follow a model similar to that of Netflix, requiring subscribers to pay an annual fee for access ... Read More »

September 12, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Digital publishing and technology

Weekend reading from St. Joseph Media

By Sue Carter

From the latest film festival news to trendsetting fashions, here are the week's top stories from around the St. Joseph Media offices: Toronto Life: Up to the minute celebrity and industry news from the 2011 ... Read More »

September 10, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

By Sue Carter

You're not going to get close to Brad Pitt, in town this weekend for the premiere of Moneyball, the adaptation of Michael Lewis's baseball book of the same name, but if you're attending the Toronto ... Read More »

September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: bundling bummer, Gaddafi as Waldo, HuffPo e-books, and more

By Natalie Samson

Bundling textbooks with online learning tools has been an ingenious response by academic publishers to discourage used book purchases and pirating. The Globe and Mail looks at the model's effect on tuition fees and why ... Read More »

September 9, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Event photos: Lane Anderson Award

City of Vancouver Book Award reveals shortlist

TPL union names winners of lunch with Atwood contest

Project Bookmark celebrates four new Ontario literary landmarks

Diversity in YA fiction discussion lights up the Internet

Wattpad pulls in $3.5 million in new investment

Amazon looks to Netflix-like e-book rental program

Weekend reading from St. Joseph Media

15 TIFF films for the literary-minded

Book links round-up: bundling bummer, Gaddafi as Waldo, HuffPo e-books, and more

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